The Missing Link is the Object of Study: From Xenophon, Smith, Say, Marshall, Whately and Robbins
Olivier Koumba ()
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Olivier Koumba: GRANEM - Groupe de Recherche Angevin en Economie et Management - UA - Université d'Angers - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
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Abstract:
Economics concept expressed by Xenophon, "Management of the family" is too general, and its extension is therefore much broader. According to Aristotle's general rule of the comprehension and extension of the concept: less characters the concept contains, the wider the field in which it is applied. That is why, after Xenophon, all modern economists have each given their extension of economics term. There was therefore no unanimity on the object of study. However, there is no science without an object. This article, through the identification of the object, attempt to unify the definitions of economics concept that seemed to oppose.
Keywords: Xenophon and modern economists; Definition of economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-05-24
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Published in JSHET 2025 conference, May 2025, Hirosaki City, Japan
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